Whip-socket.



S.' A. LESKO.

WHIP SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1912. 1,057,858. Patented Apr.1,1913.

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WHIP-SOCKET.

specification of Lettersl Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Application filed August 20, 1912. Serial No. 716,052.

To all whomv t may concern:

Be it known that l, STEPHEN A. Lnsuo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kulpmont, in the county of Northumberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inlVliip-Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to carriages and wagons and has for an object toprovide a whip socket therefor.

The invention embodies, among other features, a device adapted toreceive the butt end of a whip and retain the same inA position againstaccidental displacement from the whip socket, the whip being alsosecured in the socket in a manner which will prevent rattling of thewhip when the Vehicle having the socket attached thereto operates overthe ground.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding part-s in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the whip socket; Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmentaryvertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. t; Fig.-t is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 44 in Fig. 3; andFig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the views, use is made of a tubularcasing 10 having the upper end thereof flared and having the lower endthereof closed by a base 11 having threaded connection with the casing10, the mentioned casing 10 being adapted for attachment to a vehicle inany desired manner.

A securing plate 12 is mounted on the upper face of the base 11, withinthe casing 10, the said securing plate being provided with a claspmember 13 of a spring-like nature and adapted to receive therein a knob14, preferably formed of one end of a screw 15 secured to the under sideof the butt end 16 of a whip 17. A seat member 18 is mounted within thecasing 10 to repose upon the plate 12, the said seat member beingprovided with an opening 19 through which the clasp member 13 projectsas shown in Fig. 2, with the sides of the o-pening 19 inclined upwardlyso that the seat member 18 will constitute a guide to more readily guidethe knob 14 on the butt end 16 of the whip 17 into engagementwith theclasp member 13 as will be readily understood, the lower end of the whip17 being adapted to repose upon Jdie seat member 1S when the knob lil isengaged with the clasp member 13.

A gripping member 20 is mounted in the casing 10 a slight distance belowthe upper end thereof and the said gripping member consists of similarplates 21, 22 the plate 21 being secured rigidly in the casing by ascrew 23 and having extended therefrom contractile helical springs 211having their free ends secured to the plate 22, an opening 25 beingformed in the casing 10 to permit of mounting the plates 21, 22 thereinwith the sides of the opening 25 forming a guideway 26 for the plate 22and upon which the plate 22 is adapted to slide. The plates 21, 22 arecut away to form semi-circular portions 27 constituting an opening 28through which the whip 17 is passed when the plates are mounted in thecasing 10 in the manner mentioned and as will be seen by referring toFig. 1.

In the use or" the device, when the whip is placed within the casing,the extreme butt end of the whip engaging the inclined sides of theplates 21, 22 constituting the gripping member 20, will force the platesapart against the contractile action of the springs 24 and when the whipis lowered in the casing the knob 14: will engage the clasp member 13while the lower extremity of the whip will repose upon the seat member1S,

it being understood that as the whip is lowered in the casing the plates21, 22 will grip the periphery of the whip in view of the contractileaction of the springs 211, thus preventing any rattling of the whip inthe whip socket. Whips usually taper from the butt end toward the lashend and therefore when a whip is inserted in the casing 10 it will bereadily understood that at the moment the eXtreme butt end of the whipengages the gripping member 20 and passes through the opening 25, theplates 21, 22 will be moved apart their greatest distance and as thewhip is lowered in the casing the plate 22 Will move inwardly, dne tothe action ot' the springs 24, and grip the Whip in the socket.

Having thus described my invention, I Claim:

l. In a Whip socket., the combination with a easing, ot'a Whip forreception therein, a plate in the easing, a clasp member on the saidplate, a knob extended from the butt end of the Whip and adapted toengage the clasp member when the Whip is inserted in the casing, agripping plate rigidly mounted within the said Casing to engage the saidWhip, springs projecting from the said gripping plate, and a secondgripping plate mounted to slide in the easing and having the saidsprings connected thereto, the said second gripping` plate beingarranged oppositely to t-he first gripping plate to grip the said whipWhen the same is inserted in the said easing.

2. In a Whip socket, the combination with a easing, of a Whip forreception therein, a

plate in the said easing, a clasp member on the said plate, a knob onthe said Whip and adapted to engage the said Clasp member when the Whipis inserted in the easing, a seat mounted on the said plate andencircling the said clasp member, a gripping plate rigidly mounted inthe easing, and a second gripping plate mounted to slide in the easingand adapted to engage the Whip when the same is inserted therein.

3. In a whip socket, the combination with a easing, ot a Whip forreception therein, a plate in the said Casing, a Clasp member on thesaid plate, a knob on the said Whip and adapted to engage the said claspmember when the Whip is inserted in the easing, a seat mounted on thesaidplate and encircling the said clasp member, a gripping plate rigidlymounted in the easing, a second gripping plate mounted to slide in theeasingl and ,adapted to engage the Whip when the same is insertedtherein, and contractile springs projecting from the iii-st mentionedgripping plate and secured to the second mentioned gripping plate toretain the seoond mentioned gripping plate in gripping position. l

et. In a Whip socket, the combination with a casing, of a Whip forreception therein, a plate in the said easing, a clasp member on thesaid plate, a knobon the said Whip and adapt ed to engage the said claspmember When the whip is inserted in the easing, a seat mounted on thesaid plate and encircling the said clasp member, la gripping platerigidly mounted in the easing, a second gripping plate mounted to slidein the easing vand adapted to engage the whip when the same is insertedtherein, 'contractile springs projecting trom the first mentionedgripping plate and secured to the second mentioned gripping plate toretain the second mentioned gripping plate in gripping position, and aguideway formed in the said casing by out-ting an opening therein, thesaid second mentioned gripping plate being slidable on the saidguideway.

In testimony Wliereo'tl I atlix my signature inpresence of twoWitnesses.

STEPHEN A. LESKO. Nitnessesz PAUL BARTKO, JOHN TooKAoTI.

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